Afanasy Nikitin

1. Afanasy nikitin

AFANASY NIKITIN
CREATED BY NIKITINA VALERIA (GR. 9119)

2. Early years

EARLY YEARS
In 1466, Nikitin left his hometown of Tver on a commercial trip to India. He travelled down
the Volga River, reached Derbent, then Baku and later Persia proper by crossing
the Caspian Sea. He lived in Persia for one year. In the spring of 1469, Nikitin arrived at
the city of Ormus and then, crossing the Arabian Sea, reached the sultanate of Bahmani,
where he would live for 3 years.

3. India

INDIA
On his way back, Nikitin
visited Muscat, the Arabian sultanate
of Fartak, Somalia and Trabzon, and in
1472 arrived at Feodosiya by crossing
the Black Sea. On his way to Tver,
Nikitin died not far from Smolensk in
the autumn of that year.

4. Studies

STUDIES
During his trip, Nikitin studied the
population of India, its social
system, government, military (he
witnessed war-games
featuring war elephants), its
economy, religion, lifestyles, and
natural resources. His resesrch
provides a valuable source of
information about India at that
time.

5. Book

BOOK
He described his trip in a narrative known as The Journey Beyond
Three Seas (Khozheniye za tri morya).

6. Memory

MEMORY
Coins
Statue in Tver